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Mattapan Community Health Center
1575 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA 02126-2122
Mattapan Community Health Center is a community health center dental clinic in Mattapan, MA, operated by Mattapan Community Health Center.
The health center is open about 44 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 1575 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA 02126 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 617-296-0061 |
| Operated by | Mattapan Community Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
1575 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA 02126
The published number is 617-296-0061. It may be a shared scheduling line. Say which site you mean and that you want dental rather than medical, or you can be booked into the wrong queue.
Things to settle on the phone first: the dental hours, and which days appointments run, whether new dental patients are being taken, and the current wait, what a first visit costs, before and after any discount, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.
Dental Services
This clinic has not published a list of the treatments it provides. Expect the routine treatments to be available. The question worth asking is about the expensive ones: root canals, dentures and oral surgery are handled in house at some health centers and referred out at others.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. The scale belongs to Mattapan Community Health Center, not to a national schedule, so the only reliable figure is the one they give you. Ask them to run your household through it before you commit to a treatment plan. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.
No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. What Massachusetts Medicaid covers for adults is a state decision and has been cut and restored in several states; for children the benefit is required nationally. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.
Dental Providers at This Clinic
Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in dental hygiene, for cleanings and preventive care and dental public health practice at this address. That is not the same as the clinic taking new patients for those treatments, or the discount covering them, so name the treatment when you call.
Common Questions
What about cleanings and check-ups?
Preventive care is the cheapest thing a clinic like this does and the easiest to book, yet it is the first thing people drop when money is short. If you are already here for something else, ask to be put on the recall list while you are in the building.
Can I pay in installments?
Many health centers will arrange this, particularly for dentures or a course of treatment, but it is rarely advertised and you generally have to ask. Agree the amount and the schedule before treatment starts, and ask what happens if you miss one, because that varies more than the plans themselves do.
Can I book online?
This clinic publishes a website, linked at the top of this page, and some health centers take dental requests through a portal or a form. Calling is still usually faster for dental, because the dental schedule is often held separately from the one an online form writes into.
How soon could I be seen?
Dental waits at health centers are frequently longer than medical waits, and can run weeks for a routine appointment. Ask for the next available and also whether they hold same-day slots for pain, which is a different queue.
Is there help if I do not speak English?
Health centers are required to provide language assistance and most have interpreting available, in person or by phone. Say which language you need when you book rather than on the day, so an interpreter can be arranged for the appointment.
Is anything done for anxiety?
Ask, because the answer changes what the visit costs. Talking it through, longer appointments and numbing gel before the injection are usually free; sedation is a billed extra and does not always fall inside the discount. Our guide to dental anxiety and what it costs covers what to ask for.
Other Clinics Operated by Mattapan Community Health Center
Mattapan Community Health Center has no other locations, so there is nowhere else within the same organization to ask. Work down the nearby clinics below if this one is full.
Other Dental Clinics Nearby
These are straight-line distances. Two clinics a mile apart can have very different waits, so it is worth calling both.
- Codman Square Health Center — Dorchester Center, about 1.8 miles away
- Pine Street Inn at the Shattuck — Jamaica Plain, about 2.1 miles away
- Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center — Dorchester, about 2.3 miles away
- DotHouse Health — Dorchester, about 3 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Mattapan Community Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Pine Street Inn at the Shattuck
170 Morton St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-3735 2.1 miles away
Community Health Center
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
632 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA 02121-3293 2.3 miles away
Community Health Center
DotHouse Health
1353 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122-2987 3 miles away
Before you call
